AMC Entertainment (NYSE:AMC) vs. Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality (NYSE:PRSU) Head to Head Review

AMC Entertainment (NYSE:AMC) and Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality (NYSE:PRSU) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares AMC Entertainment and Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AMC Entertainment	$4.87 billion	0.23	-$352.60 million	($1.41)	-1.56
Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality	$441.14 million	2.15	$368.54 million	$12.50	2.68

Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality has lower revenue, but higher earnings than AMC Entertainment. AMC Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares AMC Entertainment and Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AMC Entertainment	-7.39%	N/A	-4.07%
Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality	51.67%	21.30%	11.41%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for AMC Entertainment and Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AMC Entertainment	2	6	1	0	1.89
Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality	0	1	3	0	2.75

AMC Entertainment currently has a consensus target price of $3.26, indicating a potential upside of 48.11%. Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality has a consensus target price of $33.67, indicating a potential upside of 0.55%. Given AMC Entertainment’s higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe AMC Entertainment is more favorable than Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality.

Risk and Volatility

AMC Entertainment has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality has a beta of 1.76, indicating that its share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

28.8% of AMC Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.9% of Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of AMC Entertainment shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality beats AMC Entertainment on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About AMC Entertainment

AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the theatrical exhibition business. It owns, operates, or has interests in theatres in the United States and Europe. The company was founded in 1920 and is headquartered in Leawood, Kansas.

About Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality

Pursuit Attractions & Hospitality, Inc. engages in the provision of hospitality and leisure activities, experiential marketing, and live events. It operates through the following segments: Pursuit, Spiro, and GES Exhibitions. The Pursuit segment provides travel experiences that include recreational attractions, unique hotels and lodges, food and beverage, retail, sightseeing, and ground transportation services. The Spiro segment is an experiential marketing agency that partners with brands around the world to manage and elevate their global experiential marketing activities. The GES Exhibitions segment is a global exhibition services company that partners with exhibition and conference organizers as a full-service provider of strategic and logistics solutions to manage the complexity of their shows. The company was founded in 1926 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.